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2024 Rising Star Lecture


“Decoding, Modeling, and Reprogramming Cells at Scale in the Era of Digital Biology“

Dr. Jian Shu, Harvard-MIT

Wednesday, Nov. 20
4:00 – 5:00 PM
105 Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley


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Stevens BME Graduate Programs Information Sessions

Please join faculty from Stevens Institute of Technology for a virtual information session on master’s and Ph.D. programs in Biomedical Engineering With attendance of an information session, the application fee is waived Wednesday, November 20th 6-7 pm: Ph.D. program information 7-8 pm: Master’s program information Register and join one or both sessions! Master’s program website Ph.D. program overview and

Herr Lab Postdoc Wins AIP Best Paper

Herr Lab Postdoc Wins AIP Best Paper

Trinh Lam, a postdoc in Amy Herr’s lab, has won the Biomicrofluidics Best Paper Award from AIP Publishing at the 28th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences – Micro-Total Analysis Systems (µTAS 2024).

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Murthy lab and UC Davis have developed a unique mRNA delivery method for in-utero gene editing for neurodevelopmental conditions.

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